The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-09
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

The attention of an glomaniacs is called to the
fact that Victoria never eats any but stale
bread
A table-cover Of gray-blue satin sheetng has
flight of swallows embroidered across it. The
birds are worked in the natural colors and form
effective decoration
Excellent Tooth powder-Suds Of CASTLE soap
and spirits of camphor. of each equal quaint
ty: thickened with equal quantities OF pulveriZed
chalk and charcoal to a thick paste; apply with
the finger or brush.
1t has been shown by actual experiment that
the water which streams down the inside of a
window of closed sleeping room is SO impreg-
mated with the noxious exhalatons of the sleep
that one drop is sufficient to poison rabbit.
To pickle pigs feet scald and scrape them I'M
til perfectly clean and white. then boil in sailed
water nm til very tender. or the old rule says,
until they may be pierced with straw Then
pack them in a jar and pour hot spiced vinegar
them
tine with one pint of cold water and let it soak
one hour; then add one pint of boiling water
and one pound of sugar. Stir until the sugar is
dissolved. then add one pint of orange juice.
strain and turn into mods to harden. This
should stand at least twelve hours.
Cut the crumb of French roll into lengths
as thick as your finger and any shape you may
desire Soak them in some milk to which you
have added an egg, little sugar and some nut
meg and cinnamon; when we'll soaked fry nice
brown, and serve with sauce made of butter,
sugar and wine. These called Spanish frit-
tiers.
New York Mail: A turkey stuffed with mush
rooms was one of the features" of recent din
ner party in town, and at the same feast the ice
cream came in the form of boxes, the covers of
which, lifted off, disclosed crystallized fruits
within. The dinner given by representa-
tive or the class that never does anything by
halves"
This fig pudding is liked by many persons:
= cofc or min Enn ciy
ounces brown sugar. three-quarters of pound
of grated bread half pound of minced figs, one
teacupful of milk and some grated nutmeg. MIX
ali we'll together; add one egg we'll beaten, and
boil IN mold for four hours. Serve with
sweet sauce.
For an economical pudding take thin slices of
stale bread, butter them on both sides, cover the
bottom of a pudding dish with them and spread
jam of any kind over them; then add another
layer, and so on until the dish is full. Have
thin layer of buttered bread on the top. Serve
hot. with cream or custard made of pint Of
milk, one cup of sugar and two eggs.
For bliousness the editor of the Boston Med
zeal and Surgical journal says plain diet of
bread milk oatmeal. vegetables and fruit. with
lean meat and fresh fish, is best Exercise in
the open air. The victim of an acute attack will
be righted by ~ abstinence, ~ porridge and
milk, t3) toast, little meat, and fish, and ripe
fruit, thus coming to solid food gradually.
To make good but not expensive plum pud
of sultanas, two ounces of canded peel and half
a pound of apples; mix with half pound of
beef suet, pound of bread -crumbs, quarter
of pound of -four, half pound of sugar,
little spice and a pinch of salt; put sufficient
new milk to make the mixture rather stiff; but
ter basin, put in the pudding and boil for six
hours This quantity will make large pud
ding
A good molasses cake is made by this recipe:
One cup Of sugar and one cup of butter beaten
to a cream; add three quarters of a cup of no
lasses, two eggs beaten light, one cup of mix
with teaspoonful of soda dissolved in IT. four
cups of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of
ere am tartar Mix all thoroughly together and
add one cupful OF currants washed. dried and
dredged with -four, one cupful of raisins also
dredged with flour. two teaspoonfuls Of ground
| cinnamon and one OF ground cloves. Bake in
two pans.
To makes mutton curry, put breast Of NUT
ton in a stew pan: put on it two quarts of water
and simmer it slowly for an hour and half; cut
in slices large onion. and brown it nicely in a
frying pan with little butter; add to it heap
! ing teaspoonful OF curry powder and little
SALT take the meat from the broth and stir in
| the curry; put the meat back into it and simmer
| slowly for an hour longer; then lay it on a hot
| dish and pour the gravy over it; add very lit
tie Drowned flour to the gravy at the last II it is
| not thick enough.
| A bag for soiled collars and cuffs may be made
| out of fancy Turkish towels to be had anywhere
| for twenty-five cents apiece. Those with blue,
! pink or yellow grounds, and a brOcaded pattern
of raised white upon them, especially pretty
/ The bags made by doubling the towel. and
scanning the edges to within four inches of the
| top. not including the fringe. These flaps are
then turned over so as TO make sort of little
| lambrequin, and line of stitching put about a
/ third of inch from the top. thus forming a
| hem in which to put the draw strings Next
| run number three ribbon through the HEM so
| that it will draw from both sides, and finish the
bag by a large bow of ribbon upon the front,
| just below the fringe. Pink and blue ribbons
mixed are pretty upon either blue or pink bags
| This oyster pie is delicious: Take one hundred
| oysters out of their liquor, one at time, AS
| to free them from any portions Of the shell that
| might adhere to them. Drain them; pour off
| half the liquor into a stew-pan, salt it to your
| taste, stir in gill of cream, ounce and a
half Of butter rolled in grated cracker and lit
| tie cayenne pepper; boil two eggs hard, chop
| them up and mix them with many bread
! crumbs will cover the top of your pie; season
| the bread and egg with cayenne pepper and salt,
make rich paste, line the sides of your pie
dish, put in the oysters. pour the hot liquor over
| them, strew the bread crumbs the top, cover
/ the whole with lid of paste. cut opening in
the center of the top crust and ornament it with
flowers or leaves made of the paste, bake it and
serve it hot. AS soon as the crust is done take
! the pie out of the oven.
What n Bride Explained to Her Husband